Garment drying hanger



p 1965 K. w. ERICSON 3,207,392

GARMENT DRYING HANGER Filed Sept. 14. 1962 United States Patent GARMENT DRYING HANGER Karl Wilhelm Ericson, Vastra Tradgardsgatan 9, Stockholm C, Sweden Filed Sept. 14, 1962, Ser. No. 223,739 Claims priority, application Sweden, Jan. 22, 1962, 670/62 1 Claim. (Cl. zzs-ss This invention relates to a garment-hanger for supporting shirts, blouses, under-garments, stockings and the like, and the garment-hanger according to the invention is especially designed for supporting such articles for drying purposes.

Previously known drying devices for shirts'and the like comprise an elliptical loop. Such loops are designed to be supported on a garment-hanger of the usual type, having a suspension hook, to which end they are provided with special gripping or securing means for said garmenthanger. One drawback inherent with this type of drying devices is that they are instable and may slide off from the hanger. Another drawback is that the articles of clothing during drying thereof may come into contact with the material of the hanger and may be discolored, which is true particularly if the hanger is made of wood whereas the article in question is made of synthetic fibres.

The present invention has for its object to remedy the above mentioned drawbacks. To this end, the garmenthanger according to the invention is essentially characterized in that it comprises an elliptical loop, having a plurality of spoke members extending to a central supporting piece, said supporting piece having a central vertically extending bore, through which is inserted from the under side of said supporting piece a downwardly removable suspending hook.

It is another object of the invention to provide a garment drying hanger by which a shirt or similar garment may be supported for drying in such a manner that the shirt will be distended during its support by the hanger, with the front and rear parts of the shirt separated or spread apart and free from contact with one another, thus facilitating the drying of the garment and permitting the parts to dry in a comparatively wrinkle-free manner. It is still another object of the invention to provide means for supporting other articles additional to and simultaneously with the shirt while at the same time permitting the shirt to be supported in the distended condition above described.

The invention will now be disclosed in more details with reference to the accompanying drawing.

FIG. 1 is a perspective-view of the garment-hanger according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a side-view of the garment-hanger;

FIG. 3 is a corresponding top plan view;

FIG. 4 shows a detail to an enlarged scale, partly in section along the line IV-IV in FIG. 1.

The garment-hanger comprises an elliptical loop 1, made of a plastic material. In said loop 1 there are symmetrically disposed four spokes 2, which extend to a cen tral supporting piece 3. The spokes 2 are slightly upwardly curved, so as to hold the supporting piece 3 at a level slightly above the plane containing the elliptical loop 1, as is best seen in FIG. 2-

As shown in FIG. 4, the central supporting piece has a central bore 4 therethrough, which bore is surrounded by an edge bead 5. A suspension hook 6 is inserted in the bore 4 from beneath. The hook 6 has at the lowermost end thereof a ball 7 of slightly greater diameter than that of the bore 4 to enable the ball to be fitted in 3,207,392 Patented Sept. 21, 1965 the bore with a snug fit and prevent the hook 6 from being drawn out of the bore. A protrusion 8, which may pass through the bore 4, acts as a locking means to hold the hook 6 in the illustrated or raised position once it has been inserted in the bore. The plastic material of which the hanger is made, is of such resilence or elasticity that the bore 4 is sufliciently deformable to not only permit of the passage through it of the protrusion 8 but to also snugly embrace the ball 7 when the ball partly enters into the bore.

The entire garment-hanger is made of plastic or a similar material of suflicient flexibility to enable it to be pressed flat to facilitate packing. When so pressed flat the spokes will act to spread the sides of the loop apart, the spokes at that time flattening from their normal upward curvature.

It will be realised, that the garment-hanger according to the invention may be suspended itself, without the necessity to use any garment-hangers of the conventional type. The particular material prevents the articles of clothing from contact with wood, which might cause discoloring, and provides for that the hanger may be packed with a minimum of space requirement.

It should be mentioned that the central suspension piece in use may serve as a support for collars etc of the garments, thereby to prevent unsightly deformation during drying, for instance.

Several modifications may be made within the scope of the inventive idea.

I claim:

A garment hanger comprising, an elliptical-shaped ring having major and minor diameters, an elongated central supporting piece disposed at a level above the plane of the ring and extending parallel to the major diameter of the ring and having free end portions terminating inside of the inner periphery of the ring, a plurality of spoke members extending from the ring to the central portion of said supporting piece, said supporting piece having a central, vertically-extending through-going bore having its lower end surrounded by a bead, a downwardly-removable suspension hook inserted through the bore from below, said hook having a stem passing through the bore and provided at its lower end with a ball adapted to enter at least partly into the beaded bore for engagement therewith, a locking protuberance on the stem and slightly spaced above the ball and situated immediately above the upper surface of the supporting piece for engaging the support to thereby hold the suspension hook against separation from the support, said ring, supporting piece and spokes all being integrally formed of a resilient waterresisting plastic material and having a thickness to permit the hanger as a whole to be pressed flat for packing when the hook is removed.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 360,114 3/87 Schoonmaker 211-119 639,779 12/99 Sharf 22368 871,190 11/07 Shorthill 211-115 X 1,195,041 8/ 16 Lendle 223 X 2,117,656 5/38 Donnellan 22392 X 2,546,600 3/51 Holden 22385 2,818,624 1/58 Fauteux 211-113 X 2,819,828 1/58 Thurber 22389 2,998,903 9/61 Day 22392 X JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

RUSSELL C. MADER, Examiner. 

